Reflective practice

Why did you choose to study this programme?

I chose to study this programme because:
- When I came for the open day and the interview the staff were very friendly and welcoming.
- The tutors spoke about the courses with passion and made me really look forward to what there was to come.
- The content of the course looked interesting and there seemed to be more tutorial time compared to some other universities.
- The show real was interesting and impressive.
- Leeds seems to be a nice place and also very student friendly.

What do you want to learn in the programme?

I would like to learn:
- To make things move in general.
- To make things realistically move using the 12 principles of animation.
- To create interesting believable characters.
- To be able to create a world for my characters to be in.
- To capture my audience in my imagination.

 What are your strengths?

I believe my strengths are:
- Following instructions to get results.
- Learning and being up to trying new ways.
- Thinking of characters straight away in my head.
- When I get engrossed in a project I just carry on working till its done.
- I know about spacing and levels etc. from drama.

What do you want to improve?

I would like to improve on:
- Refining my characters properly.
- Creating scenes.
- Time management/ organization.
- Blogging
- Working as a team.

What ways do you evaluate your progress?

- I try to write a small evaluation on each piece as I complete it and think what I can do better. I do this at each stage so like last time on my storyboard I evaluated after the post it notes, after the drawings and then after the computer version.
- I ask my piers and family what they think to my work as an outside perspective.
- If I would not be happy to share it on Facebook, Instegram, or blog it, it's not good enough.
- The reflective/ design cycle.
- Comparing my work to my piers.